External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that India is proud to stand by Sri Lanka during Cyclone Ditwah and has proposed an assistance package worth USD 450 million.

Jaishankar, who is in Sri Lanka as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special envoy, made these remarks alongside Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath. Just as Sri Lanka was recovering from the economic crisis of 2022, this natural disaster has created “new difficulties,” Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to the island nation, said.